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1. Iohn Bull making observations on the comet [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 10th Novr., 1807.
- Call Number:
- 807.11.10.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The comet has the profile head of Napoleon wearng a plumed bicorne; it rushes up from the left. towards the sun, the profile head of George III, much irradiated. John Bull, a carbuncled 'cit', stoops low to look through a telescope on a tripod pointi...
- Alternative Title:
- John Bull making observations on the comet
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Coastlines, Comets, Ships, Sun, and Telescopes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Iohn Bull making observations on the comet [graphic]
2. Looking at the comet till you get a criek in the neck [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 September 1811?]
- Call Number:
- 811.09.20.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An ugly old man wearing night-cap, dressing-gown, and slippers stands at an open window gazing up through a spy-glass at a comet shaped like a large shuttle-cock. Keys hang from his waist. Behind him (left) sits a pretty young woman, turning her head...
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Thos. Tegg No. 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Comets, and Sleepwear
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Looking at the comet till you get a criek in the neck [graphic]
3. The comet [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 18th Feby. 1789.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 49. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A comet traverses the design diagonally and downwards from right to left across an aquatinted background; the head is that of the Prince Wales in a star, the tail contains the heads of his disappointed followers. This broadens as it recedes from the ...
- Description:
- Title etched in image.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Buccleuch, Henry Scott, Duke of, 1746-1812, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Watson, Richard, 1737-1816, Cooper, Grey, Sir, ca. 1726-1801, and Lothian, William John Ker, Marquis of, 1737-1815
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency and Comets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The comet [graphic]
4. The comet [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 18th Feby. 1789.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 49. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A comet traverses the design diagonally and downwards from right to left across an aquatinted background; the head is that of the Prince Wales in a star, the tail contains the heads of his disappointed followers. This broadens as it recedes from the ...
- Description:
- Title etched in image.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Buccleuch, Henry Scott, Duke of, 1746-1812, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Watson, Richard, 1737-1816, Cooper, Grey, Sir, ca. 1726-1801, and Lothian, William John Ker, Marquis of, 1737-1815
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency and Comets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The comet [graphic]
5. The comet [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 18th Feby. 1789.
- Call Number:
- 789.02.18.01+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 49. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A comet traverses the design diagonally and downwards from right to left across an aquatinted background; the head is that of the Prince Wales in a star, the tail contains the heads of his disappointed followers. This broadens as it recedes from the ...
- Description:
- Title etched in image.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Buccleuch, Henry Scott, Duke of, 1746-1812, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Watson, Richard, 1737-1816, Cooper, Grey, Sir, ca. 1726-1801, and Lothian, William John Ker, Marquis of, 1737-1815
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency and Comets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The comet [graphic]
6. The great comet with its Whig-Radical tail of the nineteenth century [graphic].
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1833]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on Ireland; a comet formed by Daniel O'Connell riding a broom at upper left, four lesser figures including Brougham (with a broom) seated behind him, light streaming behind; William IV as a spider at the top of the comet's stream; at lower rig...
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, and Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Comets, Brooms & brushes, Telescopes, and Fire
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The great comet with its Whig-Radical tail of the nineteenth century [graphic].